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Azuaron

@emjonaitis @kissane I was thinking along the same lines. Even if only 1% of users is going to get all up in their feelings about something, and you have--to pull a random number--13,000 followers, that means 130 people are going to get all up in their feelings about something.

I don't want to have 130 pleasant and engaging conversations with people I know well in a given day, let alone 130 strangers getting upset at me for something, even IF I could sympathize with their perspective.

27 August at 19:57 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hachyderm.io
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FelisCatus

@Azuaron @emjonaitis @kissane maybe I am misunderstanding your post, but how is it those 130 persons's problem if you have a lot of followers?

If you start having a lot of followers, obviously it will require you thinking about how to handle it. That's your responsibility.

And I am not saying your responsibility is to reply to each one of them. Rather I al trying to say that what's causing your issue is more your high number of followers than the "purity" of 1% of them.

27 August at 22:00 | Open on mastodon.social
Azuaron

@FelisCatus You're definitely misunderstanding my post, because I never assigned any kind of blame.

27 August at 22:21 | Open on hachyderm.io
Sheldon Chang 🇺🇸

@Azuaron @emjonaitis @kissane getting attacked in the Fediverse feels worse to me than it does on other platforms. Been thinking about this a lot. I think the non-algorithmic nature of the interactions combined with a general culture of avoiding conflict are factors.

Because of the lack of an algorithm, that one true believer who's trying to make an example out of you is probably not just an average rando who's easy to dismiss. That person has more intent than the garden variety crank who may just be reacting to whatever the algorithm chucked in front of them.

Also because of the non-algorithmic nature, help is less likely to be coming. Even with a good following, most people who follow you have reasons for doing so that don't include wanting to get in harms way for you. The same dynamic that normally brings more unwanted randos to your door also bring people who are likely to defend you against them.

So my experience is we end up with fewer conflicts that are more intense & more lonely.

@Azuaron @emjonaitis @kissane getting attacked in the Fediverse feels worse to me than it does on other platforms. Been thinking about this a lot. I think the non-algorithmic nature of the interactions combined with a general culture of avoiding conflict are factors.

Because of the lack of an algorithm, that one true believer who's trying to make an example out of you is probably not just an average rando who's easy to dismiss. That person has more intent than the garden variety crank who may just...

27 August at 23:14 | Open on sfba.social
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